Multiple ice-cream disher



Oct. 16, 1928. 1,688,079

o. HlNz E1' AL MULTIPLE 10E cnEAMpIsHER Filed April 27. 1927 Patented Oct. 16, 1928.

"UNITED STATES o'rro Hmz AND RUSSELL MERRELL, or Los ANGELES; oALIoRNm MULTIPLE ICE-CREAT(l DISHEI.

`appiiennm flied April 2,7, 19amy serial No. lesen. i

rI'his invention relates toV multiple ice cream dishers, and more particularly to an improvement in ice cream dishers which will enable the operator to' lill; the conventional type of scoop employed in dishing ice cream with ice cream of two or more' tiavors, and which will enable him to dispense the same into a plate or upon a cone. A 'further object of the invention is to provide an ice cream disher in which there is a hinged partition that divides the scoop intoy two or more compartments and separates the various varieties of icecream from each other so'that when the same is finally dispensed upon the plate or on the cone, the

ice cream thus dispensed will show lan. even j line of division between the variousflavors of cream.

A still further object ot this invention is to provide a scoop which is neat in its appearance, eilicient in its operation, inexpensive to manufacture and is well adapted to erform the services required of itil TVith these and manyl other objects lin view which will more readily appear as the nature ot the invention i's-'better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, which will hereinafter be more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in the carrying` out ot' the objects indicated are susceptible to modification; but a preferred embodiment of the'invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an ice cream disher embodying the principles of our invention.

Fig. 2is a side elevation of the showing in Figure 1. V

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the lines 8-3 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken substantially along the lines 4-4 of Figure 1.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view in section greatly enlarged, showing the manner in which the partit-ion tor dividing the ice cream, is mounted.

Similar characters of reference are ernployed in all of the above views to indicate corresponding parts, and the improved ice cream dislier is designated as an entirety at l, and comprises a. handle 2 having a shank 3, to which shankv is attached a scoop 4 of conventional kdesign being" in tlievtorm of. a hollow hemisplieroid open'at the top. Pivotally mounted Within the scoop 4, is. a creamv relelasinfo element 5 operated by a thumbracr 6.

A,The above mentioned elements "are purely? conventional, and no claim is laid as to their novelty. The invention in this case .consists in providing a central partition 10 across the scoop 4. AsmallKA strap which ishinged .to Yan operative part of the rdispensing mechanism, comprises apartfofthe conven-V tional type of'scoop. In constructing our device, we prefertoi form a small lu 12 on the upper portion of this strap, w rich lug supports a flat pinv13. strip of re-.. silient material 141s attached to this tlat pin- 13, which piece of material. norman)7 tends ,to occupy a position shown in the dotted lines `of Figure 3, but` under stress may occupy a position shownin fullwlines:v in' Figure 3. Secured to this-Strip byfiveld'-n ing, soldering, rivetingL or vin any manner, is adivision plate 18 wiich plate has afdependingi portion 19 havingA the contour of a semifcircle. A pair of lugs 20 and 21 .formed on this division plate are adapted to bear against the upper periphery ofthe scoop, and thedependingv portion 19 is of sufficient depth asto just clear the bottom of the scoop and permit the cream releasing element 5 to pass between the bowl and the same. A bifurcated snap shown at 22 serves to releasably hold. the lug 20-'betwee`n its jaws against the action ofthe resiliency of the strip 14. This lug 20 projects aconsiderable distance beyond the marginal edge of tlievscoop, and a slight tap of the sam'eupon an object will serve vto release the lug from` the bifurcated jaws. Upon releasing the same the resilient action of the strip 14 will throw the strip vand partition member 19 upwardly andV rearwardly until the same isr caught between the bifurcated jaws of a second snap 25, where the same is releasably held until manually removed.

From the foregoing, ,it is thought that the construction, use andmany advantages 'ot the hereindescribed multiple ice cream disher will be readily apparent without further description, and it will also be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be suitable Y l ,y

resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

We claim:

l. The combination with a scoop having a bowl, a handle and a releasing element mounted upon said scoop for movement in said bowl, of a central partition carried by said scoop to divide the bowl into two compartments, said partition being slightly spaced from the bowl of said scoop, and means for forcibly ejectingsaid partition from said scoop for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with a scoop having a handle and a releasing element, of a resilient strip, one end of which is attached to a stationary point, a partition attached to said strip, said partition having a depending portion having acontour similar to the contour of a cross section of said scoop, a projecting lug on said partition, a bifurcation on said scoop engaging said projecting'lug, said resilient strip tending to normally occupy a position that will cause said partition to lbe removed from said scoop, and a clip adjacent said scoop adaptedto receive said partition and releasably hold the same against the action of the said resilient strip.

3. The combination with a scoop having a bowl, a handle and a releasing element mounted for movement within said bowl, of a strip mounted upon the handle adjacent the bowl, a partition carried l,by said strip, said strip being movable to optionally permit the .partition to extend into the bowl or be withdrawn therefrom, resilient means urging said strip and partition to withdrawn position, and means for locking said partition within the bowl.

4. The combination with a scoop having a handlev and an element adapted to release the contents of said scoop, of a partition mounted on the rim of rsaid scoop and eX- tending thereinto, the inner edge of said partition being spaced from the'interior of the scoop. Y

5. The combination with a scoop Vhaving a bowl, a handle and ya releasing element mounted for movement within the bowl, of a strip extending across the top of said bowl, and a partition depending from said strip into said bo'wl, the inner edge oit'jsaid par-- tition being spaced from the interior surface of the bowl to 'permit the releasing element to pass therebetween.

6. A ldevice of the character described,

comprising anopen scoop and a partition pivotally mounted on thernn of said's'coop for movement optionally out of or into thev scoop to present eithera single open ycompartment or a plurality of open compartments. l

7. A device of the character described comprising a hollow hemispheroidal scoop .and a partitionvmounted thereon `and movable into or out of the scoop in a plane perpendicular to the the scoop.

in testimony wherof we have signed our plane of the open side of 

